Property Record
2582 S SHORE DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JOSEPH A. STARKEY HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 27658 |
| Location (Address): | 2582 S SHORE DR |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1872 |
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| Additions: | 1897 1878 |
| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Ferry and Clas-1897 |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Bay View Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 8/23/1982 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | FERRY & CLASS DESIGNED THE 1897 ADDITION. ORIGINALLY BUILT BY THE MILWAUKEE IRON CO. JOSEPH STARKEY MANAGED THE BAY VIEW ROLLER MILLS. BUILDING WAS LATER OWNED BY THE GEORGE STARKEY FAMILY FROM 1879-1905. GEORGE WAS A CARPANTER/BUILDER IN MILWAUKEE SINCE THE MID-1860S. HIS MOVE TO BAY VIEW COINCIDED WITH HIS BROTHER'S, JOSEPH, MOVE TO SUPERINTEND THE BLAST FURNACES FOR THE IRON CO. THE FLUTED PORCH COLUMNS, LIBRARY AND SOLARIUM WERE ADDED IN 1897. 17x17 and 10x23 additions to building in 1897 - $500. Kitchen addition and conversion to two family residence in 1986 - $58,000. Another map code is 424/19. Addition - 1897. No original building permit on file. "While the older homes of Milwaukee's south shore area cannot rival the grandeur of the north shore's mansions, many of them possess much grace and charm. A case in point is the former Brinton house, another small residence at 2711 South Superior Street. Perhaps the most attractive of them all, as regards both design and setting, is this white frame home on the South Shore Drive. Its construction date is uncertain, but its style points to the period 1865-1880. We know that the Starkley family lived here during the late 19th century, and it is possible that the house was erected for Joseph A. Starkley, c. 1878-79. Additions, designed by Milwaukee architects G. B. Ferry and A. C. Clas, were built in 1897. The home's appearance tells us that the owners have valued it, for it is admirably preserved and maintained." Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969. |
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| Bibliographic References: | NR NOMINATION. TAX ROLLS. MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS DRIVING TOUR OF BAY VIEW. BUILT IN MILWAUKEE, LANDSCAPE RESEARCH, P. 177. Pagel, p. 27. Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |